ErrorHandler.java

/*
Copyright (c) 2008 Health Market Science, Inc.

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package com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.util;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.Column;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.Table;

/**
 * Handler for errors encountered while reading a column of row data from a
 * Table.  An instance of this class may be configured at the Database, Table,
 * or Cursor level to customize error handling as desired.  The default
 * instance used is {@link #DEFAULT}, which just rethrows any exceptions
 * encountered.
 *
 * @author James Ahlborn
 * @usage _intermediate_class_
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ErrorHandler
{
  /**
   * default error handler used if none provided (just rethrows exception)
   * @usage _general_field_
   */
  public static final ErrorHandler DEFAULT = new ErrorHandler() {
      @Override
      public Object handleRowError(Column column, byte[] columnData,
                                   Location location, Exception error)
        throws IOException
      {
        // really can only be RuntimeException or IOException
        if(error instanceof IOException) {
          throw (IOException)error;
        }
        throw (RuntimeException)error;
      }
    };

  /**
   * Handles an error encountered while reading a column of data from a Table
   * row.  Handler may either throw an exception (which will be propagated
   * back to the caller) or return a replacement for this row's column value
   * (in which case the row will continue to be read normally).
   *
   * @param column the info for the column being read
   * @param columnData the actual column data for the column being read (which
   *                   may be {@code null} depending on when the exception
   *                   was thrown during the reading process)
   * @param location the current location of the error
   * @param error the error that was encountered
   *
   * @return replacement for this row's column
   */
  public Object handleRowError(Column column,
                               byte[] columnData,
                               Location location,
                               Exception error)
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Provides location information for an error.
   */
  public interface Location
  {
    /**
     * @return the table in which the error occurred
     */
    public Table getTable();

    /**
     * Contains details about the errored row, useful for debugging.
     */
    @Override
    public String toString();
  }
}